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INDEX 



Marine biotic communities, faeiations 

 and lociations, 344 

 Foraminifera community, 345-348 

 hydroclimate, 314 

 introduction, 313, 314 

 littoral, 324 



Myctopum-Salpa biomo, 319 

 nature of dominance, 349-352 

 North Atlantic communities, 340-343 

 Echinocardium-Amphiura associa- 

 tion, 341-343 

 Echinocardium-Thyasira commun- 

 ity, 340-343 

 Venus-Echinocardium association, 

 341 

 North Pacific communities, 314-317, 



339 

 Pandora- Yoldia biome, 339 



Clymcnclla-Yoldia association, 339 

 Cucumaria-Scalibregma association, 

 339 

 pelagic communities, 314-318 

 enclosed waters, 314-317 

 North Atlantic, 317, 318 

 North Pacific, 314-317 

 coaction and reaction, 316 

 nekton, 315, 316 

 physiological characters, 316, 317 

 plankton, 315, 316 

 Scomber-Calanus biome, 319, 329 

 Brevoortia-Calanus association, 320 

 Clupea-Calanus association, 320 

 shallow-water communities, 333-338 

 extent and variations, 336-338 

 Macoma,-Astarte biome, 334 

 -Mya biome, 334-336 

 -Paphia biome, 333 

 Stronglyocentrotus-Argobuccinum bi- 

 ome, 330, 331 

 faeiations and relations, 332 

 -Pteraster association, 331, 332 

 -Pugettia association, 331 

 tidal community, 331-332 

 variations in bivalve-annelid com- 

 munities, 345, 348 

 Marine life forms, 50 

 Marine species, 201 

 Marl, 75, 96 

 Marmots, 80, 121 

 Marsh hawk, 220, 265 



Marten, 132, 193, 195 

 Martin, 135, 223, 253, 265 

 Massasauga, 231, 274, 276 

 Mayfly nymph, 299, 305 

 Meadow grasshopper, 275 

 Meadow lark, 135, 257, 265, 274 

 Mearn's coyote, 285 

 Meerkat, 119 

 Mcgaptera, 319 



Megastomatobus cyprinella, 300 

 Melanophyceae, 331 

 Melanoplus, 260 



atlantis, 203 



dawsoni, 275 



differentialis, 274, 280 



mexicanus, 203, 265 



mcxicanus spretus, 266 

 Melica, 287 



harfordi, 287, 291 



imperfecta, 287 

 Menhaden, 320, 321 

 Mephitis hudsonica, 259 

 Mermiria neomexicana, 257 

 Mesquite, 113, 279 

 Metabolism, 190 

 Methods ecological investigation, 355- 



358 



quantitative, 355, 358 

 Microcosm, 2, 13, 14, 22 

 Microcystis aeruginosa, 303 

 Microdactylus, 62 

 Microplankton, 14, 70 

 Microscopic algae, 9 

 Microtus, 112, 185 



drummondi, 110 



ochrogastcr, 274 

 Midge, 305 



Migration, 59. 60, 61, 190, 200-208, 216, 

 225, 226 



animal, 61 



bird, 207-211 



Canada goose, 209 



diurnal, 62 



factors and stimuli, 211-228 

 aspection, 225, 226 

 historical, 211, 212 

 orientation, 226-228 

 present status, 215-217 

 regularity of return, 217-222 

 time of arrival, 222-225 



